Folding bed-lounge.



Patented luly l5, I902.

N. LEVINE.

FOLDING BED LOUNGE.

(Application filed Feb. 24, 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNrrnn Snares ATENT ()FFIGE.

NATHN LEVINE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 704,688, dated July 15, 1902. Application filed February 24, 19021 Serial No. 95,209. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHN LEVINE, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Folding Bed-Lounges, of whichthefollowing description, in connection with the accom panying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel, simple, and efficient lounge-bed.

The particular features in which my invention consists will be hereinafter described in the specification and fully pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the loungebed with one fall elevatedas represented in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the lounge-bed shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail in the line 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a detail showing the end of the leg e. Fig. 4c shows an outside view of one of the end pieces with its two slots, to be described. Fig. 5 is a cross-section in the line 00 through one of the angle-irons constituting the ends of the fall. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view showing how the leg ends of the end pieces are bent to constitute rigid stiff legs. Fig. 7 is a detailin plan View of part of the angle-iron Z) and connected springs. Fig. 8 is a detail of the end frame and angle-bar b. Fig. 9 is a detail of the outer end of the controllingbar g. i

In the production of my lounge-bed I take for the end frames A pieces of angle-iron and.

in a press bend the, same into the shape shown in Fig. 2, providing the inturn ed flange a of the angle-iron with suitable slots a", as represented, to receive the ends of the anglebars I), to the edges of which within the upright legs A of each end frameI connect suitable springs, as c, and to the inner ends of said springs I connectin any usual'or suitable manner, as by plates 0', (see Fig. 1,) any usual wire-bed fabricsuch, for instance, as represented in Fig. 1.

To stiffen the end frames and adapt them so that their lower ends constitute rigid'legs, I inturn the flanged part a of the angle-iron, as represented at a in Figs. 2 and 6, thus causing the inturned portion a of the flange ato substantiallycontact with theflange a. This'makes an exceedingly stiff leg for the end piece, and in the space left between the flanges a Fig. 6, I mayinsert usual pivots o of any suitable caster (1 The angle-bar b has one flange omitted for a distance from each end and its opposite ends b extended other fabric constituting part ofthe bed-bottom sustained by the falls. The angle-iron parts cl and their conneote an gle-irons d constitute the extensible sides of the bed lounge, and said sides may be both maintained as at the right in Fig. 2 or maybe both lowered in order that the bedlounge maybe usedasa lounge, as represented at the left, Fig. 2, or one may be left up and the otherleft down, as may be desired. Each end piece d has jointed to it ate a leg 6, having a notch 9 The opposite end pieces A are connected at each side the lounge by an angle-iron B, the connection being made by bolts B, and the angle-iron B is connected with each side of the flange a of each end piece by suitable braces, as 0, through bolts 0.

Each flange a of the angle-iron end pieces atthe front and back of the lounge has secured to it by suitable bolts B B a plate f, said bolts being extended through two shims f and f the space between the ends of the shims and the inner side of the plate and the outer side of the leg being entered by the coutrolling-bars g, each jointed by bolts g to the opposite ends of a lever 9 pivoted at g on each of the side bars B. Each of the controlling-bars g at its outer end is provided with a handle g and the upper edge of each bar is notched and shaped to present an inclined surface 9 as represented best in Fig. 1. A spring h, connecting at one end. with the lever g and at the other end with the side bar B, acts normally to draw inwardly the bars 9, they being prevented from being moved too far under the action of said spring by means of the handle 9 contacting with the end frame.

To convert the lounge into a wide bed, it is only necessary to engage the falls described by hand and lift them into the position shown at the right of Fig. 2, and in this movement the legs 6' are moved outwardly, the inner ends of said legs (see Fig. 3) being provided with intnrned projections 6 that act as stops to limit the extent of upward movement of the falls. Whenever the'stop meets the inner side of the flange a, the shoulder of the notch e of the leg passes beyond the outer face of the end piece and immediately drops by gravity, causing said notch to engage the lower end b of the slot a in the flanged part a, and in this condition the curved end 6 of the leg rests in the notches g of the bars g. Now to lower the fall at one side of the lounge into position shown at the left in Fig. 2 either handle 9 at either end of the lounge may be pulled, and in so doing the lever 9 will be turned and the bar connected with the handle which is pulled will follow in the direction of the pull and the opposite bar will move outwardly or oppositely, and the inclined parts of the notches g of the bars will act upon the edge e .of the leg and lift the shoulder of the notch 6 thereof upwardly, so that the weight of the fall will immediately cause the legs to pass through the slots a into the full-line position, Fig. 2.

The flanged spring-sustaining bars I) are secured rigidly to the opposite depending portions of the end pieces by means of suitable rivets 2, and lower down the end pieces are united by cross-bars 71, held in place by suitable rivets 3.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In an apparatus of the class described, angle-iron end frames having in their side legs slots a independent angle-iron bars sustained in said end frames and extended at their ends through said slots to the outer sides of said end frames, falls pivoted to the ends of said bars, the ends of said falls being composed of angle-iron bars, and mattresssupporting means sustained by said independent angle-bars and the angle-iron bars of the falls.

2. In apparatus of the class described, an-

gle-iron end frames having in their side legs two slots 0t and a independent angle-iron bars sustained in said end frames and extended at their ends through said slots to the outer sides of said end frames, falls pivoted to the ends of said bars, notched legs pivoted to said falls and free to be moved in slots a of the angle-iron end frames, said notches being in engagement with said bars serving to keep the falls elevated, and longitudinallymovable bars having inclines to act against said legs to release the legs from their engagement with the end frames when it is desired to lower the falls.

3. In a lounge-bed, angle-iron end frames, angle-iron bars connecting said end frames, independent angle-iron bars sustained in said end frames below their upper ends, falls connected with the said independent angle-iron bars, a wire fabric sustained by said independent angle-iron bars and the angle-iron end pieces of the falls, and notched legs pivoted to the opposite ends of said falls, means to limit the distance to which said falls may be lifted, and leg-disengaging means comrisin a lever havin bars connected to its opposite ends, and a spring to retain said bars in a position to enable the legs of the falls to engage a shoulder and keep the falls elevated, longitudinal movement of each bar against the stress of said spring acting to release the legs and permit the falls to drop.

l. In an apparatus of the class described, angle-iron end frames having at each side two slots a and a, and having one flange at each end of each end frame bent toward the other flange to constitute strong stiff legs, independent angle-iron bars extended through the slots of, falls having angle-iron ends pivoted to the 

